Europe Commercial Property Update Emerging Europe rental prospects still best in Poland and Czech Rep We have recently nudged up our economic growth forecasts for Poland and the Czech Republic. However, our revisions still leave growth well below trend, which will do little to boost occupier demand... 18th June 2009 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Recovery underway but likely to be subpar (Jun 09) The recovery in exports has continued and there are now signs that domestic demand is bottoming out too given that the deterioration in labour markets in most places has been, and should stay, mild... 18th June 2009 · 1 min read
Nordic & Swiss Economics Update Swiss National Bank still pulling out all the stops The SNB’s pledge to go on purchasing large quantities of corporate bonds while providing generous liquidity to the banking sector and intervening ‘decisively’ in currency markets has left it among the... 18th June 2009 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Economics Update Market still underestimating scope for rate cuts (Jun 09) Aggressive cuts earlier this year mean that interest rates are nearing their trough in Turkey and the Czech Republic, while concerns over financial stability mean that the pace of easing in Hungary... 17th June 2009 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Update Will Chile be next to adopt "quantitative easing"? 17th June 2009 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Residential property derivatives – should we listen? The recent improvement in economic sentiment has been reflected in a shift in residential property derivative pricing. However, while we agree that house price declines in 2009 and 2010 will be... 17th June 2009 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Update Norwegian interest rates may have troughed Norway’s relatively mild downturn should ensure that the latest 25bp interest rate reduction by the Norges Bank is probably the last in the current cycle. But we still think that the Bank will not... 17th June 2009 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Financial & Business Services Employment (2009Q1) 17th June 2009 · 1 min read
Nordic & Swiss Economics Update Norwegian interest rates may have troughed Norway’s relatively mild downturn should ensure that the latest 25bp interest rate reduction by the Norges Bank is probably the last in the current cycle. But we still think that the Bank will not... 17th June 2009 · 1 min read